Six Nations Police violent crime stats show increase

Six Nations Police is adding to its force. Four new recruits were celebrated at badge night recently - Constable Shania Anderson, Constable Colin Burning, Constable Dylan Johnson, and Constable Emily Smith.(Supplied Photo)

By Lisa Iesse Writer Six Nations Police (SNP) 2023 crime stats show violent crimes are on the increase. Police stats show assaults alone increased from 142 in 2022 to 154 last year but more poignantly the amount of charges skyrocketted from 27 charges in 2022 to 138 assault assault charges in 2023 that’s an increase of 91 charges. Data collected in 2022 and 2023 by SNP show an increase in calls for service to police and an increase in charges for violent crimes. In 2022 SNP received 4722 calls for service but in 2023 the number of calls for service jumped to 5,215, confirmed Jamie Smith of SNP. So far this year (2024) SNP has received about 600 calls for service, added Smith. Early figures for 2023 released by SNP…

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